Sea Ice Observations from the Icebird V8 1988/89

• Other Authors: WORBY, ANTHONY PETER (hasPrincipalInvestigator), WORBY, ANTHONY PETER (processor), Australian Antarctic Data Centre (publisher)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Subjects: oceans; ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; EARTH SCIENCE; CRYOSPHERE; SEA ICE; ICE FLOES; ICE TYPES; PACK ICE; SEA ICE CONCENTRATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD; COMMENTS; DATE; FILM COUNTER; FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; OPEN WATER; RECORD; SEA ICE FLOE SIZE; SEA ICE SNOW COVER; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY; SEA ICE TYPE; SEA TEMPERATURE; SNOW THICKNESS; SNOW TYPE; TIME; TRACK; VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER; VISIBILITY CODE; WEATHER CODE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS; SHIPS; ASPECT > Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate; OCEAN > SOUTHERN OCEAN; CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA; GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/sea-ice-observations-v8-198889/700419; https://data.aad.gov.au/metadata/records/ASPECT_IB030389; http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-617536

These data describe pack ice characteristics in the Antarctic sea ice zone. These data are in the ASPeCt format. National program: Australia Vessel: Ice Bird Dates in ice: 19 Mar 1988 - 29 Mar 1989 Observers: Jeff Wilson Summary of voyage track: 19/3 Observations started at Davis station 68d11mS 76d23mE 19-25/3 Steamed west from Davis to Mawson 27/3 Some observations north of Mawson toward ice edge The fields in this dataset are: SEA ICE CONCENTRATION SEA ICE FLOE SIZE SEA ICE SNOW COVER SEA ICE THICKNESS SEA ICE TOPOGRAPHY SEA ICE TYPE RECORD DATE TIME LATITUDE LONGITUDE OPEN WATER TRACK SNOW THICKNESS SNOW TYPE SEA TEMPERATURE AIR TEMPERATURE WIND VELOCITY WIND DIRECTION FILM COUNTER FRAME COUNTER FOR FILM VIDEO RECORDER COUNTER VISIBILITY CODE CLOUD WEATHER CODE COMMENTS